As per the Agreement between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of India regarding the Technical Cooperation, GTZ (now GIZ), a German Development Cooperation owned by the German Federal Government, is executiing Technical Cooperation (TC) component: Socio-economic Strengthening of Tribals and Rural Poor and Protection of Natural Resources, Tripura. This belongs to the priority area environmental policy, protection and sustainable use of Natural Resources. It supports greater orientation of planning and implementation of public sector investments thus catering to the needs of rural poor, and contributes to (i) poverty reduction, (ii) gender equity as well as (iii) the protection of Natural Resources.

The objective of the Technical Cooperation component is to ensure that the“Public and Private investment programmes in the natural resource sector in Tripura are more effectively used for sustainable local economic development.”Funding: In accordance with the Agreement/Exchange of Notes dated 22 December 2004, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany shall provide GIZ with up to EUR 3,000,000 (in words three million Euros) for the German contribution.